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Dor L’dor Society
Who says you can’t live forever?
The Houston Jewish Community Foundation’s Dor L’dor Society for Legacy Giving makes it possible for you to create a legacy that will continue to make an annual gift to your favorite Jewish causes, preserving your memory and sustaining our community for generations to come.
Becoming a member of the D’or L’dor Society is easier—and can be more affordable—than you might think. You can begin establishing your legacy today by filling out a Letter of Intent. For more information about the D’or L’dor Society and creating your legacy or to schedule a private consultation, please contact us at (713) 729-7000 ext. 327.
Ways to create your endowment
- bequest
- gift of retirement plan assets
- gift of life insurance
- gift of residence or real estate
- gift of securities or other property
- charitable lead trust
- charitable remainder trust
- gift from a philanthropic fund
- gift from supporting foundation
- gift from private foundation
Requirements of membership
To become a member of the Dor L’dor Society for Legacy Giving, you must agree to create a permanent endowment at the Houston Jewish Community Foundation with assets of at least $100,000.
The first $100,000 of your endowment must be designated to benefit Jewish causes, and the Foundation encourages all members to support our community and our People by directing one-third of the value of their endowment to support the community’s Annual United Jewish Campaign and/or the Foundation’s Unrestricted Fund, both of which benefit the Jewish community at-large.
The remaining assets of your endowment may be used to support other causes that are important to you—Jewish or non-Jewish, local or global.
Members
We recognize and thank the members of the Dor L’dor Society for Legacy Giving, who have made a commitment of $100,000 or more to provide endowments for the future of our community and our People. Members of the Dor L’dor Society have made combined commitments totaling nearly $50 million to benefit the Community’s Annual United Jewish Campaign, the Houston Jewish Community Foundation’s Community Endowment Fund, and dozens of other organizations serving our community here in Houston, in Israel, and throughout the world.
Champions of Our People $1 million +
Sylvia* & Myles Aaronson, Theba & Buster Feldman, Veda Mae & Morris Glesby, Anne & Donald M. Graubart, Arline & Ben Guefen, Ann & Stephen Kaufman, Velva & H. Fred Levine, Barbara & Barry Lewis, Paula & Irving Pozmantier, Sidney Pozmantier*, Leslie & Russ Robinson, Michael & Cheryl Wurzburg Rubenstein, Joyce & Arthur Schechter, Joy & Benjamin Warren, Rivkah & Donald Weilbaecher, Terry & Marvin* Woskow
Torchbearers of Our Community $500,000+
Barish Family, Mindy & Stephen Brown, Charlotte and Phillip Gerber*, Yako Nesim Polikar*, Brenda & Joel Spira, Edith & Robert Zinn
Sustainers of Our Covenant $100,000+
Anonymous, Margo & Jeff Ackerman, Joan & Stanford Alexander, Golda & Gil Baker, Marvin Beasley, Barbara & Marshall Bendalin, Nancy T. Beren & Larry S. Jefferson, Wendy & Andrew Bernstein, Lauren & Jeremy Kaufman Blachman, Gloria & Buzzy Bluestone, Rita & Frank* Nelkin Blumenfeld, Sarah & Denis Braham, Linda & Andrew Burger, Nada Chandler, Debra & Steven Cohen, Frieda & Melvin Dow, Vikki & Rich Evans, Sandra & Steven Finkelman, Ricki & Milton Frankfort, Martha & Donald Freeman, Jane & Stephen Friedman, Frances & Abe Friedman, Shifra & Terry Gardner, Alyson & Elliot Gershenson, Brenda & William Goldberg, Susie & Jay Golding, Lorraine & Ralph Goldstaub*, Leonard Goldstein & Helen Wils, Elizabeth & David Grzebinski, Ruth S. & Stanford Herman, Relda Finger-Hoffer, Lewis & Elyse Spector Kalmans, Carolyn & Jay Kaplan, Eve & Robert Lapin, Jill & Nat Levy, Ellen & Richard Lowe, Beth & Steven McDaniel, Lolly Friedman Miller, Esther & Gary Polland, Bunny Radoff, Lila & Gerald* Rauch, Minnette & Jerome* Robinson, Ann & David Ronn, Linda & Alan Rosen, Barbara & Ben Rosenberg, Daucie & Marc Schindler, Nancy Woskow Shapiro, Serra & Georgia Shapiro*, Jane & Michael Stein, Paula Stein, Robin Toubin Stein, Linda Rauch Susman, Gail & Gary Swartz, Sally Waldenberg*, Naomi Warren, Sandra & Leon Weiner, Irene Weingarten, Nurit & Stephen Joel Weiss MD, Becky & Joe Williams, Joe & Melissa Woskow, Rochelle & Lee Wunsch
*of Blessed Memory
The Houston Jewish Community Foundation is a donor centered community foundation which seeks to perpetuate Jewish values and institutions through the acquisition, professional management, and distribution of charitable resources.
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